Deepa Bhatia is a

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film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. The film edit ...

, producer and director based in Mumbai. She is known for editing commercially successful films like ''Tare Zameen Par'', ''My Name is Khan'', ''Rock On'', ''Kai Po Che'', ''

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'' and ''Raees''. She has recently edited films like ''Kedarnath'',

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and the much talked about biopic on

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, '' Sachin: A Billion Dreams''. Deepa believes that editing is making something the best it can be. In her own words, "A movie is written thrice. Once, when it is written, the second, when it is directed, and the third, when it is edited. It is unfortunate that editors don't get their due. It frustrates me when people think cutting is editing." In 2010, UTV World Movies chose her as the personality of the month to pick four movies of her choice from the channel's collection. The movies she picked were ''

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'', '' Cousin Cousine'', ''Twin Sisters'' and ''

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''.

Career

Deepa started her career by assisting directors before venturing into full-time into post-production. She has over 20 years of experience as an editor and has worked with directors like

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( ''Dev'', ''

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'', ''

Deham ''Deham'' (The Body) is a 2001 film directed by Govind Nihalani based on playwright Manjula Padmanabhan's play ''Harvest''. It has Kitu Gidwani, Joy Sengupta, Alyy Khan, Surekha Sikri and Julie Ames in lead roles. It is a futuristic story depi ...

'') and

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( ''Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara'', ''Har Pall''). Her editing work on films like ''

Kai Po Che ''Kai Po Che!: Brothers... For Life'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language buddy sports drama film directed by Abhishek Kapoor and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur under UTV Motion Pictures, marking the banner's first solo ...

'' and '' Rock On'' has been one of her most noteworthy projects and has bagged her awards like the

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. Apart from her career as a film editor in

, she has also directed and produced a critically acclaimed documentary titled ''Nero’s Guests: The Age of Inequality'' about farmer suicides in

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. The documentary won two awards at

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(MIFF). It took Deepa 5 years to direct and a year to edit this challenging documentary.

Personal life

Deepa is married to screenwriter,

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and they have a son

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. She is an alumna of

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Filmography

Editor

Director

* ''Nero's Guests: The Age of Inequality'' (Documentary)

Awards

* Won: Best Editing - ''

Rock On!! ''Rock On!!'' is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film written and directed by Abhishek Kapoor, produced by Farhan Akhtar, and with music by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy. The film marks the successful Bollywood debut of Akhtar and Prac ...

'' * Won: John Abraham National Award for Best Documentary in SIGNS 2011 - Nero's Guests * Won: Best Editing - ''

Kai Po Che! ''Kai Po Che!: Brothers... For Life'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language buddy sports drama film directed by Abhishek Kapoor and produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Siddharth Roy Kapur under UTV Motion Pictures, marking the banner's first solo pro ...

References

External links

* Vij, Gauri. "" ''

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'', 3 February 2008. * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Sophia Polytechnic alumni Film editors from Maharashtra Hindi film editors Indian documentary film editors Women artists from Maharashtra Women documentary filmmakers 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Indian women film editors Indian women film directors Indian women filmmakers Indian women film producers {{film-editor-stub